Scawton Yorkshire Family History Guide
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Scawton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Yorkshire.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1720
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1632
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SCAWTON, a parish in Helmsley district, N. R. Yorkshire; 4 miles N of Coxwold r. station, and 4½ W of Helmsley. Post-town, Helmsley, under York.
Acres, 2, 768. Real property, £1, 275. Pop., 148. Houses, 31. The manor belongs to Sir W. Worsley, Bart. Limestone is quarried and calcined.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of York. Value, £145. Patron, Sir W. Worsley, Bart. The church is good; and there is a national school.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
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Administration
- County: Yorkshire
- Civil Registration District: Helmsley
- Probate Court: Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of the Archbishop of York
- Diocese: York
- Rural Deanery: Riddal
- Poor Law Union: Helmsley
- Hundred: Ryedale
- Province: York





























































